Question

1. what were readers of the jungle more appalled with than the treatment of workers in meat-packing plants?

treatment of the workers
muckraking reporters
condition of the meat
how much money owners were making

Explanation:

Upton Sinclair's The Jungle exposed both harsh worker conditions and unsanitary meat processing in packing plants. While worker mistreatment was shocking, readers were more appalled by the dangerous, contaminated state of the meat (e.g., spoiled products, rat parts in meat) that directly threatened their own health and safety.

Answer:

Condition of the meat